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No. 430,123. Patented June 17, 1890.

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IWIIOAJAH B. HELLER, OF BROYLES, SOUTH CAROLINA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,123, dated June 17,1890.

Application filed March 15, 1890. Serial No. 344,004. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICAJAH B. HELLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Broyles, in the county of Anderson and State of SouthCarolina, have invented certain new. and useful Improvements in Plows;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appert-ains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has relation to plow-stocks; and it consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of its parts.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a side elevation of myplow-stock. Fig. 2 is a top view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof the handle-brace.

My invention is described as follows: To the rear end and underface ofastraight beam A, I att-ach by a substantial bolt and nut a a curvedbrace d. To the lower end of said brace is fulcrumed a plow-standard B.This plow-standard is composed of a thin flat bar of metal bent so thatone end of it will be on one side of said beam and of the brace a andthe other end will be on the other side of said plow-stock and saidbrace, thus leaving a space the thickness of the lower end of said bracebetween said pieces. Said plow-standard is fulcrumed a little more thanhalf-way below its center to the brace a by means of a bolt and nuts b,and through its upper ends and just above the upper edge of the beam Apasses another bolt b', provided with an earnut b2, so that the said twoupper ends may be made to firmly press against the sides of said beamand hold the said foot at any angle at which it may be placed, asindicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. Near the rear end and on theupper face of said beam and under the head of the bolt d is secured ahanor left, and thus give the desired angle to the plow-standard B. Saidhandle-brace is provided with extensions c', which incline upward,outward, and backward, and said eX- tensions are provided with verticalslots c2, so that the said handles, which are secured to said braces bymeans of nuts and bolts d, may be raised and lowered to suit theoperator. The lower ends of said handles are each provided with a broadthin band d', to keep the same from splitting, and the said ends areheld together by means of bolts d2, which pass through said bands, saidhandles, and on either side of said rod d', thus enabling the lower endsof said handles to slide up and down said rod.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the beam A, curved brace a', secured to the rear endand lower face of said beam, slotted plow-standard B, fulcrumed yto thelower end of said brace by the bolt b, bolt b and ear-nut b2, adapted toclamp the two upper ends of said standard against the side of said beam,handle-brace C, having extensions c and slots c and c2, bolts d,securing handles to said brace, bands d around the lower ends of saidhandles, and bolts d2, passing through said bands and handles and oneither side of said brace, substantially as shown and described, and forthe purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I aihx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MICAJAH B. HELLER. Witnesses:

S. R. I-IELLER, lV. F. M. FANT.

